So, have you reached any conclusions about your original question? Do you plan to start collecting?
Incredibly wreckless and unjustified guess on the lower coin: Valentinian II, as Caesar, from ca. A.D. 375-378, SECVRITAS REI-PVBLICAE reverse...
Are we supposed to guess? I love puzzles! Croatia?
Constantine I in his Mr. Spock, from Star Trek, costume: [ATTACH]
I was a graduate student with three kids when I first discovered ancient coins, so I had virtually no disposable income. I bought lots of 10-20...
Makes sense. Trying to clear leaves with an eagle would be difficult.
But as to your original question, I think that's a no-brainer. Look at all the ancient history wrapped up in your coin--the sad story of the...
Ah, the gas-powered leaf blower! I once tried to initiate a campaign to replace the eagle as our national symbol with the gas-powered leaf blower...
Groan!
I would use brass tools and a stereo microscope. If you're really serious about cleaning uncleaned coins, a stereo microscope is a good...
While it is often possible to condemn a coin as fake from a photograph, it is never possible to positively verify its authenticity from one....
Sure is fun when you find coins like this, isn't it? If you are cleaning uncleaned coins, be on the lookout for coins of Constantius II and...
Interesting post. Thanks for the write-up.
Okay, so it's a nice but not outstanding coin, not particularly rare or valuable. But why in the world would anyone write a catalog number over...
I wonder on what basis that attribution was made. The reverse type is common to several empresses. I don't see any letters in the obverse...
I think Constantine I was the first emperor to use split legends to signify his status as the most important ruler, using unsplit legends to...
Great find. Love the silvering. Congratulations.
Sure looks like it. I can't think or any other 4th-5th century empress with HE in the middle of her name. I wonder if it's a Vandalic-era imitation.
Doesn't really matter to me. Making convincing counterfeits is very difficult and capital and labor intensive, and you'll be competing with all...
With ancient coins, every die was hand cut, so every die is unique. That makes it impossible to condemn a coin because of slight differences in...
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